
Joel Busher
@joel_busher
Researching far right and anti-minority politics; political violence and restraint; P/CVE and its impacts. Mountain and dance enthusiast.
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https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/joel-busher 08-12-2014 22:46:54
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🚨Call for proposals! @cs_kunkeler, Iris B Segers, Katherine Kondor, @GretaJasser and I are putting together an edited volume on anti-gender and anti-trans mobilisations an the (far) right. Feel free to share or reach out for questions!

Congratulations to #CTPSR's Dr Jenny Ratcliffe for passing her PhD viva! Her thesis "Exploring the ‘Brussels bubble’" looks at how communication has changed and impacted on trust and trust-building. Well done on this fantastic accomplishment!


How can researchers (of the far right) navigate ethical dilemmas related to the relationality of research, contextual and situated decision-making, and the role of emotions? New blog post for C-REX (@crexuio.bsky.social) by Iris Segers, Tamta Gelashvili & Audrey Gagnon sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/…

Militant Leadership and the Severity of Terrorism in Conflict Environments ✍️Authors: .Austin C. Doctor Gina Ligon & Sam Hunter from NCITE - A DHS Center of Excellence ⬇️ crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/milita…


Radicalisation & Counter-Radicalisation Research: Past, Present & Future ✍️Authors: Joel Busher Sarah Marsden & Leena Malkki ⬇️ crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/radica…


Do you have expertise in scale development? Are you interested in researching #radicalisation at Leiden University? We're #hiring a postdoc to help us complete two systematic reviews on measurement and prevention. Application deadline is the 1st June! universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024…

Enactors of the State: @DrJackHolland & Dr Natalie Higham-James examine the everyday coproduction of security in the prevention of radicalisation. Read in Political Studies: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… (OPEN ACCESS) Political Studies Association @SAGECQPolitics #freeaccess #polsci


Thank you RUSI_Terrorism & Emily Winterbotham for hosting a discussion of my book Extreme Britain: Gender Masculinity& Radicalisation in the beautiful RUSI Library. Really enjoyed the discussion, particularly around how we research extremism & how policy should engage gender!


Check out this groundbreaking new study by Lukas Reinhardt and Harvey Whitehouse published in Royal Society Publishing: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…. Using experiments, the authors show how targeted approaches to foster psychological bonding with humanity can provide completely new solutions to


Great to see this article in print! Thanks to European Security. Hopefully it can contribute to the debate on #Ireland and #maritimesecurity particularly in the context of #subsea infrastructure... @CTPSR_Coventry Politics&Sociology

A fabulous discussion of Extreme Britain at Waterstones in Swansea last night! Thanks to Steve & the team for hosting & to all who came along. I’ll be at London’s Conway Hall this Sunday 3pm for more on Extreme Britain - misogyny & masculinity. ☀️📕! conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/event…

Thanks to NUPI and C-REX (@crexuio.bsky.social) for hosting two sessions on the Routledge Politics, IR & Area Studies Handbook on Radicalisation and Counter-radicalisation with Joel Busher and CSTPV's Sarah Marsden - terrific seminars with great audiences. Thank you!



Britain's anti-immigrant riots, explained - for The Washington Post. Many thanks to Joel Busher and Andrew Chadwick - active on Bluesky for their expertise and insight! washingtonpost.com/video/world/br…

In light of the UK extreme-right (ER) riots & Tommy Robinson's role in them, our conditionally accepted British Jnl Poli Sci paper w/@FlorianFoos shows a causal effect of media exposure to extreme right actors, incl. Robinson, on support for extreme right views: osf.io/preprints/soca… 1/11

